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without a Paralll l.

Aberdeen News: Dakota contains
one per cent of the total population of
tina United States, and although there
are 4O1 votes in the electoral college,
and the same number in the national
congress, which by virtue of its popu-
lation entities Dakota to four votes in
each of these bodies, it has no repre-
sentation in either. Talk about in
justice. Dakota's case is without a
parallel.
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THE BISMARCK LINE.
Work for This Season Nearly Ended.
Right of Way Arranged For.

Aberdeen News: The Aberdeen.
Bismarck Il Northwestern road has
about completed it's work for this sea
son. The grade is practically finished
from the corporate limits of Aberdeen
to Bismarck. The company has ne rly
closed its arrangements for right of
way through Aberdeen. They have
purchased of N. B. Dare the sixty-six
foot strip north of the Milwaukee
tracks for this purpose. This is what
is known as the "Prior strip" and ex-
tends from near the roundhouse upon
the west to point directly north of
the mill upon the east. They have
purchased considerable land leading
to this strip in the first row of blocks
east OF the north line of the Milwaukee
road, and also in the first row north Of
the Hastings & Dakota tracks. What
is not purchased will be condemned.
1t is more than probable that the grade
within the city limits will be complet-
ed this fall.
The company has done nothing in
the way of an extension to the south
east, except to send corps of engin-
GERS over the ground and to make the
people OF Watertown proposition
relative to running in there. Next
year, so say the officials, an extension
will surely be made to some point
southeast. Owing to the scarcity of
iron no rails could be procured for this
season, but provision will be made for
rails so as to begin the work of laying
them early in the spring. The COM
pany will keep its office here open un-
til the first of December, when it will
probably close for the winter. The
amount of money paid out by the cor
poration at this Office during the sum-
mer has been in the neighborhood of
$500 OOO.
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open secret that the negotiations be-
tween st. John and the democrats were
carried on through him, and it is gem
orally believed among well informed
parties that Finch was democratic
decoy and was well paid for his servi-
ces. His death at this time may dis
concert some of the plans of the prohi-
bition leaders for the campaign of
1888. Mr.. Finch was a democrat with
prohibition veneering. and the demo-
cratic leaders will miss him a great
deal more than even his bosom friend,
st. John.
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this matter. The Free Press feels like
congratulating Mitchell and its able
daily newspaper, the REPUBLICANS. for
the enterprise displayed throughout.

Douglas County Chronicle: The fair
at Mitchell was grand success in ey-
cry sense of the word. We heard sew
eral who have attended all the terri
torlal fairs say that this one was the
best ever held in the territory. The
general impression is, that whatever
Mitchell takes hold of is bound to be a
success.
Redfeld Journal: The territorial
fair at Mitchell last week was rather
tame so far rs sports and races are
concerned, and in this respect it NAV
be stated that it was disappointment
to many who attended, but in other
departments it is said to have eclipsed
ANYTHING of the sort ever seen hereto
fore in Dakota.
Dell Rapids Times: The territorial
fair held at Mitchell last week was by
all odds the most successful exhibition
OF the kind ever held in the TERRITORY.
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These Are Facts.

Daily Press: 1t is pretty hard for
Dakota to be kept out of the Union,
but she will try to get along for a
while yet. She can hold fairs and ex-
hibit finer stock, better cereals, and
larger vegetables than two-thirds of
the states which vote against her.
Merit always wins, but sometimes it
takes time to do it.
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This is Just Advice.

Flandreau Herald: Do not swear.
There is no occasion to swear outside
of a printing Office. 1t is useful in
proof reading and indispensable in get
ting forms to press. and has also been
known to assist in looking over the pa
per after it is printed, but otherwise it
is very disgusting habit.
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Sound to tha Gore.

Telegraph: The friends of division
should work hard during the next
three weeks. Get out large vote and
pile up big majority. Let the result
be so decisive that even q democratic
congressman may be made to see it.
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It costs railroad company 5000 more
to put up 1,00G signs reading "Look ont
for the locomotive" than the same NUM-
her reading Danger" And the latter
are the most effective, too.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Chanka Lodge-No. q. l. o. o. 6. Mitchell, Da-
kota. Meets every Saturday evening at their
hall. Jerome Wi,ze, N. g., +. B. Van Aistne,
Secretary.
Mitchell kncampment-No.a ., MITCHELL Dakota,
Meets at Odu Fellows Han. j. NJ Adams, q.
r, H. J. Bingham, Scribe:
ell, Dakota Meets second Tuesday OF each
month at Masonic Hail. Geo. A. johnson, ".
Ransom M H. : o,tSo narSSssty sesretafy a K Xtcbe
Com. % E: a: ,buriey. Adi. ddiien'ns' W. d Jacobs
ulary every Sunday at s:so O. D. m mests at saa reE
Fellows Hall. ". s. CrandoI, Master: Es i" IT,
Hughes, Secretary; WIN. McAvinney, Maga>
Mitchell Chapter-So. l6, II. a. NJ. stated con
month. E. b. Bracy, II. r.; 7. w ID. 0rsWsli.
Secretary.
Damascus LodRe.No. ii, X. of F.. meets the
%1.F 1dd Fellows Ss i Hall aI II. West, &C Elmer
ELS sorth Camp--No. II S. of V. meets ever,
t other Friday I night, i 1 commencing September
come. Hal. G. Clark. Capt W. a. R1sars, Ist- lst
Scrgt.
CHURCHES.
ST. MARY'S CHURCH protestant Eplsco.
on sunday morning aud evening. Due notice Of
services on week days will be given from time
- 0P'nESBYrER[AN-'r 'ia; Rev. T. G. McFar
land, pastor. Services at II Il. III. and 3l s. m.
-abbath school at 10 a. III. Prayer meeting euch
Wednesday evening. se
METHODIST Ei'lSCOPALr-Rev. O. q. clarx
Pastor. Sabbath services: Sabbath School. ,so
o'clock p. NJ; Preaching. II A. NJ; Meeting Of
Meeting every Wednesday night in the east cisss
room.
FIRST BAPl lST-Rev. S. j. Vinegar. Pastor
and I 40 T. NJ; Bible school at IL NJ; Youns
perple's meeting at 80 p. NJ; Prayer meeting
EACH @hNF!RRe WseRe$aayi aiaNiHGRsy at iIo r M;
Pastor. Services at II A. NJ. and TIP, III, Weaklv
prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. K -
Rev. George Sheehan. PASTOR. Il. ass On wea,r
days at $50 a. III. Mass on Sundays at 8 :an
and 1880 Oclo :k a. IN. Christian Doctrine. IN
O'Clock y. m Vesper aud Benediction at ~. ID,
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Aberdeen Republican,: The territor-
ial fair at Mitchell under the manage
ment of its president, q. "A. Bliss. was
grand success. 1t surpassed any e>-
hibit ever held in the southern portion
of our territory. The Clay county ex-
hibit would be an honor to any county
in the eastern states. Congressman
Allen made a good speech. Gov.
Church was there and made one OF his
characteristic "l' speeches. The au.
dience gave three cheers for Allen,
Which y,l':' was 3 given heartily; Then Mayor
three cheers for Gov. Church, but there
was only a faint response. The crowd
on Thursday was estimated at 10000
The Aberdeen band furnished the
music and received tho highest praise
from every one present.
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FAIR RETURNS.

Watertown Courier: From our ex-
changes we are led to believe that the
Mitchell fair was the most successful
and popular one ever held in this terri
tory. The people of Mitchell aud the
people of south Dakota may congratu-
late themselves upon the result which
has given such universal satisfaction.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
THE ROYAL ROUTE.
The chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis s.
Omaha Railway.

paSasagss Tn1ass AhK50s s!1S TEAMS DErAmr
Freight; e 100 am. Freight 40 M
Paul every day in the week.
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CITY OFFICERS.

BOARD OF ALDERMEN
FIRST Ward-John Smith, II. b. Rogers
Second Ward--R D. Welch, Geo w. Hunter,
Third Ward-W. g. Dawson, Mons Distad.
Fourth Ward-J. E. Gilbert. +. ID. Gillespie
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
First Ward-M. Keith, g. NJ Wallace.
Second Ward-J. e. Wells, James S. Foster.
Third Ward-R. W. Wheelock, Geo. Anderson.
Fourth Ward-k F. Dundas, l. Wndle
Presiuent-GeO. Anderson,
Secretary-M. Keith.
S,lDeriutuudeut-H K. Krafy
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TERRITORIAL OFFICERS

Delegate in Congress-O. S. Clifford.
Governor-I,OuS X. Church.
Secretary-M. l.. Mccormack.
Treasurer-JameS w. Raymond
Auditor-JameS A. Ward.
Surveyor General-Maris Taylor.
Sup't Public Instruction--Bugenc A. Dye
y. 5. District Attorney-John Z. CarlaEL,
United States MarshaT-Dan Maratta.
Attorney General-E. +. rempeton
Com: Of immigration. Z. +. Mcclure.
publlc examiners e; s. Tyler, North Dakota;
Adjutant General-Col N. N. Tyner.
lendent.
Territorial Veterinary surgeon-Dr. Alloway.
Gruud Forks, -
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17
White Han.
DELAYED Letter.

Oh, how hot it is. The little
birds soar high in the air; the cum
ming squirrel climbs to the topmost
branches of the loftiest trees of the
forest to obtain breath of pure air;
the domestic fowls gasp for breath
and linger in the shade of every
bush and shrub; the horses and cat
tie spend the day standing in the
cool water or in the shade of some
grand old tree which the God of ma
ture has provided. But while all
nature seems to be at rest man must
toll daily beneath the rays of the
scorching sun. By the sweat of the
brow we must earn our living
Threshing seems now to be the
order of the day.
Several persons were baptised in
the waters of Big Sixteen, near
White Hall, on the 29th ult., by the
Rev. Mr.. Farmer, of the o. B
Church. :
Several of our neighbors attended
the NJ E. Church quarterly meeting
at the Hambric Church, last Sunday.
We think we have one gentle
man in our midst who must be a
favorite among the fair sex, as he
takes no less than three of the fair
est buggy riding, while some of us
go alone. Young man you should
learn the lesson of generosity.
Mr.. Lee Rose has just returned
from visit to Ohio, where his sister
Minnie Is spending the summer.
DIR. ]. 3. Markham has been sell
ing medicine in this vicinity quite
successfully. This medicine seems
to be good and we hope he will re-
turn when the present supply will
be gone.
Mr.. Charley Poston attended
singing-school at Shady Hill, last
Sunday. There seems to be an at
traction for Charley in that direct
ion of late. ARGUS.
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There is nothing palmer to thein-
telligent mind, and it is not fndis-
Greet at this late day to mention it,
than that the RepnBlican party has
lost it's great oppertunity for pre-
serving its party organization and
its supremacy everywhere nearly in
the United States for an indefinite
time. Had 1t said when she war
was over. AN rebellion IN this
country is now crushed, We are
again one people; we must now have
peace and a perfectly restored
Union in sentiment as well as fact;
by-gones must be by-gones, the poll
iticans of this country have had it
out the people must now love one
another and be IN all things friend
ly, and perish him who would raise
a straw to prevent it-this courss
would probably have maintained
the Republican party in solid, inn
movable power for another genera
tion. As it Isl they have shut
themselves out of AL hope ofeyen
fighting chance in the Southern
States by conspiring Will. the ignor-
ant element to humiliate them and
impoverish them, and made the
Democratic party strong where
there was no Democratic party,
made the old Wing party in the
South soIidly Democratic, and1ought
the war over and over again in the
North until large majority of the
good people have became sick and
tired of it, and thousands of Jealous
adherents have abandoned it for a
party that breaches peace and good
viii among all sections. The peo-
pie themselves are bound and de-
termined to have peace and a per-
feet Union, and the party that OPP
poses is everlastingly gone by the
board.
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Hartford civ Items.
DELAYED Letter.

The Baptist church gave us some
thing new in the shape of an ordin-
ation service on the I'd inst. Rev.
7. d. Davis, formerly Free Will
Baptist being the candidate, and
Rexs; J W. Carter and w. e. Pow
ell, Of Parkersburg, q. 3. Peters of
clarksburg; chas. Davis; of Gallipo-
lis. and Willis Owens, of HopewelI,
being the officiating Clergymen.
Rev J. D. Riley, of Muskingum
County, Ohio, preached in the Bap-
tist church Sunday morning and
Rev. 4. Davis in the evening.
1lr. and Mrs. ID. e. Newton have
returned home from Watch Hill, r.
I, WHITTIER they fed from the tor
rid heat of our Southern climate.
Mrs. Annie Eggenswiller has re-
turned from her visit to Phillippi,
accompanied by her sister, who has
been absent nearly two years.
Dick Brown and Charlie Guthrie,
two young gentlemen of Gallipolis,
are visiting friends and relatives in
this place.
The Hartford City Salt Company
shipped Saturday by steamer Bed
ford, $50 barrels of it's excellent
brand of salt. They have several
orders for salt by rail, but cars are
hard to get.
Quite a number of Hartford's
young ladies and gents were in at
tendance at the Institute held last
week at Point Pleasant.
Is it right2 1t is said that about
one-third of the mail matter at this
place, is mailed directly on the cars
without passing through the Post
office. This is pretty tough on the
p. M. who has to keep up all the
expenses of his Office, keep open
from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m, wait upon all
the people who have mail coming
to the Office, keep stamps, &c. for
the accommodation of the public,
and take all risks of loss on the
same and get but two-thirds of the
compensation to which he is enti-
tied. We repeat, is it right2
Mrs. L. E. Peters, of Clarksburg,
is visiting her aged father, at this
place. LAFE.
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oak Grove Items.

Corn is needing rain badly. If it
does not come soon, the crop will be
very short.
The pastures are all burned up;
apples failure; peaches plenty but
of poor quality; snap-beans played
out.
coney Blessing while climbing
over paling-fence, fell and broke
his leg. He is getting along very
well at this writing.
Mr.. Samuel Blessing and his
mother have gone to jackson coun-
ty on a visit.
Mrs. Asburry Roush celebrated
her 43d birth day Sunday of last
week. DAN.
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About three months ago the
United States secret service pension
department sent out private circu-
lar to all of its men located IN this
territory instructing them to arrest
one DIR. JAS. Ellison, who IS charged
with operating as a special examin-
ing pension officer throughout
Northern Ohio, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and
who in his pretended character, it is
said, has deftauded many ignorant
pensioners. Special Agent Roome
got on ElIison's track in Roane and
Clay counties, this State, whore he
had been operating some time, and
after chase of over two hundred
miles through the toughest noun
tain country Ellison was arrested at
Sayagetown, Braxton county, this
State, by Roome and lodged in Jail
at Charleston late Saturday night.
The prisoner will have his trial ut
the next term of the United States
Court.-G Grcen6rier Independent.
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ga general surprised by the en-
emy, is a general disgraced" is a
military maxim. Andrew Carnegie
the millionaire iron manufacturer
of Pennsylvania applies this max
i'm to rich men surprised by death.
In recent speech to an audience
of Edinburg workingmen, he said
"Public sentiment will come to be
that the man who dies rich dies
disgraced" Mr.. Carnegie is neither
Socialist, nor an Anarchist, but a
great manufacturer "the greatest
iron master in the world" On the
subject of founding family Mr..
Carnegie said: "If you found
family he said t'the chances are
that your eldest son will be dis
grace to you, if you bring him up
in idleness, and allow him that great
wealth that absolves him from being
judged by the moral rules which
govern the people. IF that man
does not go strait to perdition, he is
entitled to more credit than most
of us" The true aim of the rich
man should be, Mr., Carnegie be-
lieves, to save the son the temptation
of too much wealth, by bestowing
the wealth, while alive, in the places
where it viii do the most good to
mankind. When that object is real
lied "you viii hear, he says, eno
talk of communism or nihilism, /"
and "the man who dies rich dies
disgraced."
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The friends of John Sherman
claim he is statesman, but has
never shown himself to be other
than politician-ever shifting his
sails to the popular breeze. He
has by turns been grcenbacker,
silver bug and gold bug. He
is also said to be financier of the
first magnitude. There is some
base for this claim, so far as finan-
ciering money into his own pocket
is concerned. He showed great
adroitness in this line, while Sec
retary of the Treasury, when by the
simplest process in the world, he
raised himself from comparative
poverty to millionaire. But it is
not on his pretensions as states
man, nor on his boasted merits as
a financier that his reputation must
ultimately rest,-but on his mar
vellous dramatic powers, on his
talents as a tragedian of the first
water. If auy body doubts this let
him read the account of his stage
acting, in the Eliza Pinkston affair,
as set forth in Springer's congress-
ional report. No tragedian from
Garrick down, ever did the horrible
in a more blood -curdling Manner
IF the Blaine organs want to pune
ture the Sherman boom, they would
do much towards that end by pub
fishing that portion of the Springer
report which relates. to the Eliza
Pinkston tragedy.
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Aunt AnnIe RousI,.


Aunt Annie Ronsh, of Letart, who
was an even hundred years old sew
eraI-weeks ago, has been spending
a week or more with Miss Lydia
Sayre, before attending the pioneer
meeting at Pomeroy Tomorrow
The pencil pusher was introduced
to the old lady, who sat bolt upright
in her chair and looked keenly at
him with her clear blue eyes.
In the course of her conversation,
which was quaint throughout, she
said: aThere were five boys to one
girl in this country when got mar
ried. They got to witching around
and teasing me with saying: 'soh,
there's such a pretty blue-eyed
girlI'' that L finally took one. I
only courted three or four months,
1 did it up in short metre. Some
6Incs long metre courtships amt
good for ycung girls; they're losing
good time had thirteen young
'uns to raise. They came just two
years apart, but the first one didn't
come for two years. We were
nightly troubled with jiggers in
them days. In going through the
bush from one house to another,
Oh, hundreds of EN- would get on a
person, away under your skin, and
you had to pull on skin and all to
get them out and then rub your
legs with pennyroyal to make 'em
quit smarting.
Indians? Yes indeed; my grand
mothers brother was sitting on a
log skinnin' coon one day-about
the middle of long log, and a big
Indian came out of the woods and
set himself down by him. Pretty
soon he says, @set furtherl'' and
nudged grandmother's brother
Well, he moved over little, but all
the time kept a hold of his big
knife, and was ready to stick it in
the Indian if he tried to hurt him.
Well, the Indian kept nudging and
saying, "Set further!' until at last
he was clear to the end of the log.
Then "Ughl" says he athat's the
way pale face do. He keep saying
set further until he shove Indian
clear off log, clear out Of the world!'
Then he got up and walked of. -
Racine Tribune.
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We mentioned in June the killing
of Mrs, Beall, at Eaton, o., and that
her son, 10 years old, was suspected
of the murder. Last week the
young wretch confessed TO the har-
rowing deed. His mother had
whipped him and be deliberately
set about to murder her in revenge.
He ran after her, and as she turned
shot her in the face. As she fell he
stood over her and again shot. As
she raised, he got the ak and split
her head open. This relieves his
father of unpleasant suspicious rest
ing upon him, and he says he will
let the law take its -BnILe-
tin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17

In Trfgg County, KY, a large
body of land sunk last week to the
depth of four and FIVE feet, embrac-
ing a magnificent farm belonging to
a Mr., .. P, Hayden, The sunken
area comprises about 500 acres, and
occurring simultaneously with an
earthquake the connection between
the two is apparent. Earthquake
shocks were felt the same night at
Indianapolis and several points in
Indiana, Illinois, and Alabama.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17

Minister Foster, of Canada, says
the Canadian authorities intend to
capture the Gloucester schooners
Argonaut and French whenever
they find them, whether inside the
limit or not, as they were clearly
guilty of violating the treaty, Per-
haps Canada will chase them clear
down the coast and up the Potamac
to Washington. AS we have no
ship that wouldn't go to the bottom,
from the recoil, if she fred gun,
Canada would have no obstacle to
contend with.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17

The New York Tribune says the
Democrats constitute sthe party of
rebellion" If the Democrats con-
stitute the party of rebellion, what
shall be said of the Ohio Republi-
cans who nominated bloody-minded
Foraker, who threated to organize
rebellion against the United States
authorities, swearing that he would
rebel 'swhile / am Governor"2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17

The East Aurora Fair Association,
of Buffalo, N. Y, advertises as an
extraordinary attraction for its an
nual agricultural festival next
month an exhibition of tlipIets who
are to compete for a premium OF
SO in gold offered for that purpose
by the President of the United
States. There are some doubts If
this sort of thing should be encour-
aged-and yet we must protect our
infant industries.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17


Ale Mccoy, on trial at Ports
mouth, for IL days for the murder
of DR.. Northup, was found guilty of
murder in the second degree. His
counsel have moved for new trial.
Mccoy still maintains that he had
no idea of killing DIR. Northup at
the beginning of the difficulty.
The jury was out 81 hours. Much
as we deplore the death of Mr..
Northup, information of the ex-
isting relations between him and
the Mccoys lead us to believe that
one was about as much to blame for
the difficulty as the other, and that
DIR. Northup simply got the worst
of #.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-08-17

The mountain county of Clay, in
Kentucky, gave Republican gain
of 449 in the recent election. It
was in this county that the bloody
row occurred, it having cost just six
lives to bring up this increase. In
the Democratic State of Kentucky
the two counties with bloody
records are the Republican strong
holds of Clay and Rowan. Rowan
county does not come up with any
substantial increase, owing to the
recent demise of the chivalrous Re
publican leader and office-holder,
the lamented Craig Tolliver.